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Mandarin or possibly a lemon grafted with lime.

A tasty mandarin is the best to have for eating. Oranges are great for juicing but you need a few trees if you're going that way.

Lemons & limes are useful for cooking. 1 tree produces more than any family can use though they are great to give to people (they're usually expensive).

Ben Justman🍷 1y ago

I'm wary to graft anything or plant more than one because my dad planted four different citrus trees and they all crossbred and now have a weird flavor with none of them representing what they were initially

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Brisket 1y ago

That's not how cross breeding works.

Cross breeding will only affect the fruit of plants grown from seeds of the cross bred flowers. That's why if you're saving seeds from annuals, you should only grow the 1 variety n the same area.

Ben Justman🍷 1y ago

interesting. I guess idk why they all changed then

Brisket 1y ago

Probably something environmental.

It's definitely not a genetic change.

I've about 15 different citrus varieties.

Ben Justman🍷 1y ago

they're all next to each other in the same greenhouse

Brisket 1y ago

And their fruit all changed?

Climate can really affect fruit quality.

Just the volume of water that they get during certain times makes a big impact.